{"id":921952,"date":"2026-10-09T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921952\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:00:13","slug":"two-renoir-paintings-stolen-from-french-museum-have-been-found-six-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/921952\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Renoir paintings stolen from French museum have been found, six arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the town that hosts the Renoir Museum, Bryan Masson, issued a statement praising investigators who tracked down the paintings and suspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“These two paintings are not simply works of art. They are part of our city’s history, our heritage,” Mr Masson said.<\/p>\n

“Knowing they have been recovered is an immense relief.”\"a<\/p>\n

Mayor Bryan Masson addressed the press outside Mus\u00e9e Renoir after the heist. (AFP: Valery Hache)<\/p>\n

The statement did not elaborate on how the paintings were tracked down.<\/p>\n

The two missing paintings were Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano and Young Woman at the Well.<\/p>\n

\"a<\/p>\n

Police officers patrolled the front entrance of the Mus\u00e9e Renoir after the early-morning heist. (AFP: Valery Hache)<\/p>\n

The thieves sliced through a fence, climbed through a window and initially stole four valuable Renoir paintings in the heist last month<\/a>, but abandoned two of the artworks as they fled, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How thieves stole paintings worth millions in Renoir heist<\/a><\/p>\n

Thieves sliced through a fence, grabbed 9 million euros worth of art, dumped half of them in a garden and escaped in under three minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The whole operation took less than 3 minutes and targeted the most valuable works in the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer, the regional prosecutor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Investigators launched a national search for the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

The theft conjured up painful memories of the spectacular heist of crown jewels at the Louvre Museum in Paris last year and revived calls for better security and better funding for the many cultural sites large and small that dot France\u2019s landscape.<\/p>\n

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